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Alex Hawkins, 1961
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Back, South Carolina, to 1958

Alex Hawkins

Born
Jul 2, 1937, in Welch, West Virginia
Died
Sep 12, 2017, in Columbia, South Carolina

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Alex Hawkins played back at South Carolina (to 1958). The Green Bay Packers took Hawkins in round 2, No. 13 overall in the 1959 NFL Draft.

Best season
1958
ACC Player of the Year and First-team All-ACC
Drafted
No. 13
Round 2, 1959 NFL Draft (Green Bay Packers)

Honors

All-America: AP third team 1958

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

The teams in those years

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Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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